‘Little Prince’ Director Mark Osborne Helming ‘Bone’ Adaptation
‘Little Prince’ director developing a trilogy of animated features based on the Eisner-winning comic series from Jeff Smith.
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VIZ Media Partners with Toei, Eleven Arts for ‘Sailor Moon’ U.S. Theatrical Premiere
The first feature film of the legendary anime series will make its big screen debut with a celebrated English voice cast in theaters across the U.S. in January 2017.
Warner Bros.’ ‘Storks’ Arrives on Blu-ray December 6
CG-animated adventure directed by Nicholas Stoller and Doug Sweetland was executive produced by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.
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Tonko House & 20th Century Fox Developing ‘The Dam Keeper’ Feature
CG-animated feature to be directed by Oscar-nominated directors Robert Kondo and Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi and produced by former Blue Sky Studios producer Kane Lee.
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AWN Giveaway: Win ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ on Blu-ray!
Stunning stop-motion/CG-animated feature from LAIKA Animation Studios lands on Blu-ray from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment on November 22.
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Nickelodeon to Debut Holiday TV Movie ‘Albert’ on December 9
First original animated TV movie from Nickelodeon features the voices of comedians Bobby Moynihan, Sasheer Zamata, Judah Friedlander and Rob Riggle.
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Studio Ghibli’s ‘Spirited Away’ Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Two-Day Theatrical Event
Fathom Events teams with GKIDS to bring director Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning film to the big screen on December 4 & 5.
Universal, DreamWorks Animation Halt ‘Croods 2’
Universal Pictures chairman Donna Langley halts the sequel to the 2013 hit CG-animated feature directed by Chris Sanders and Kirk DeMicco.
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Studio Ghibli Director Hayao Miyazaki Returning for ‘Boro The Caterpillar’ Feature
Legendary anime director announces plans to adapt CG-animated short, ‘Boro the Caterpillar,’ into a feature-length animated film.
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Boat Rocker Media Promotes Samantha Traub, Michel Pratte
Toronto-based global entertainment company ups Samantha Traub to Chief Operating Officer and Michel Pratte to Chief Revenue Officer.
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CalArts to Present Second Annual Symposium on Gender Bias in Animation
Second annual ‘Animated Woman Symposium on Gender Bias’ exploring how female characters are presented in animated films to be held December 9 at 5:00 p.m. in Langley Hall on CalArts campus in Valencia, CA.
Oscar Watch: 27 Animated Features Submitted for 89th Academy Awards
With some projects yet to complete their qualifying run, a record 27 features are submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 89th Academy Awards.
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Spanish Feature ‘Ozzy’ Completed Using DaVinci Resolve Studio
Post-production director Alejandro Matus and colorist Ignasi González produce more than 40 different deliveries of the CG-animated feature using Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve Studio.
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ASIFA-Hollywood Donates $20K to Help Fund Academy’s Richard Williams Collection
Collection of art for Richard Williams’ ‘The Thief and the Cobbler’ covers the course of more than 20 years of work, consisting of thousands of hand-painted cels, pencil animation and watercolor backgrounds.
Baobab Studios Launches ‘INVASION!’ on Google Daydream
Short film version of the Virtual Reality experience directed by Eric Darnell has screened at Cannes, Tribeca, Annecy, VIEW, and the SIGGRAPH 2016 Computer Animation Festival.
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Studio 100 Teams with Red Kite for ‘Princess Emmy’ Feature
Studio 100 and Red Kite Animation to co-produce new animated feature directed by Piet de Rycker.
Fun Academy Partners with Mikros Image on ‘Sgt. Stubby’ Feature
Currently in production at Mikros Animation’s Paris and Montreal studios, ‘Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero’ is slated to debut in theaters April 2018.
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AWN Giveaway: Win a Holiday Gift Set from Sony Pictures Animation!
Holiday gift set in a collectable lunchbox includes ‘Surfs Up,’ ‘The Smurfs, ‘The Smurfs 2,’ ‘Open Season,’ ‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,’ ‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2,’ ‘Hotel Transylvania,’ ‘Hotel Transylvania 2,’ ‘Arthur Christmas’ and ‘The Pirates! Band of Misfits!’
Augusto Schillaci Joins Reel FX
Award-winning director and VFX supervisor to make his feature film debut with ‘The Mischievians,’ based on the book by William Joyce.
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Boomerang Arrives in Taiwan
All-animation network featuring both Mandarin audio and traditional Chinese subtitles will air new episodes, series and movies.
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Disney Sets New Global Box Office Record
The Mouse House posts its biggest year ever at the global box office with $5,851.4 million through Nov. 1, surpassing the studio’s previous calendar-year record of $5,843.8 million set in 2015.
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New Video Offers Insights on Animation from Brad Bird
Video essay from Dutch filmmaker Kees van Dijkhuizen, Jr. provides insights into ‘The Incredibles’ director’s writing process, and why many people fundamentally misunderstand animation as a medium.
Watch Two Frustrated Nerds Make a Plan in New Trailer for Titmouse’s ‘Nerdland’
Raunchy 2D-animated satire directed by Chris Prynoski and featuring the voices of Paul Rudd and Patton Oswalt set for one-night theatrical event on Tuesday, December 6.
Original Cast Members Return for Disney’s ‘Big Hero 6’ Animated Series
Original cast members Maya Rudolph, Jamie Chung, Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, Alan Tudyk, Genesis Rodriguez and more reprise their original roles, joining Khary Payton as Wasabi and Brooks Wheelan as Fred.
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The Alpha Group Opens New Los Angeles Office
Los Angeles global design and marketing hub to be led by newly-appointed president Jean-Christophe Pean, joined by marketing VP Brehan Maul, head of product design Darren Lee Phillipson, and VP of global business development Adrian Roche.
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